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The paper explores the patriarchal figure of the gentleman scientist born with the Scientific Revolution, which still persists as an ideal in academia, regardless of the researcher’s sex or the field of inquiry. Drawing on the work of Vinciane Despret, Donna Haraway and Isabelle Stengers, as well as that of other feminist STS (Science and Technology Studies) scholars, the author shows that critical engagement with the figure of disengaged scientific authority doesn’t mean turning one’s back on science but rather getting more involved in scientific inquiry through the introduction of alternative role models and ideals. The three philosophers considered here all call themselves daughters of the Scientific Revolution and have, over the course of thirty-some years, invented several scientific counter-figures. By exploring these counter-figures, the paper aims to contribute to a better assessment of the persisting patriarchal fashion in which science is still performed today.